Too much memory in my computer help!?
Answer:
Having a lot of RAM (memory), does not slow down your computer.
If your disk is almost full or severely fragmented it will slow down your computer.
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To Speed Up Your Computer
1) Eliminate malware on your computer
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Update your antivirus and run a full scan
If you do not have virus protection install:
AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/...
http://www.download.com/avg-anti-virus-f...
or
Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...
or
AOL Active Virus Shield
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivir...
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Install Windows Defender (full time spyware protection)
Perform a full scan.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security...
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Install the following five programs and run weekly or at least monthly. You need all five. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection.
Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-a...
Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan)
Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper
After installation: update + scan + immunize
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirro...
SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...
SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan)
http://www.superantispyware.com/...
CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option
Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history
In options.
Set to run when computer starts.
Place cookies you want to keep in save list
http://www.ccleaner.com/
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Additional run this time and as needed.
Microsoft OneCare Live, run “full service scan”
Updates windows, virus and spyware scan, disk cleanup, disk fragmentation (if needed), backs up registry and then cleans registry, and checks for open firewall ports
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/defau...
Malicious Software Removal Tool (run “full scan”)
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwar...
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Online Free Scanners:
Run Trend Micro, Kaspersky, and Panda Scan now.
Run a different one each month.
Trend Micro: HouseCall Free Scan (removes what it finds)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/...
BitDefender Online Scanner http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html...
Kaspersky Labs Online Scanner http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner...
McAfee http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.as...
Panda ActiveScan Free Online Scanner http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ac...
Symantic Online Scanner http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/ssc_e...
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2) Disable programs that can be disabled to improve computer performance using msconfig. Run PCPitstop "full tests" and "running programs" to find out what programs can be disabled.
http://www.pcpitstop.com/spycheck/scan.a...
3) Delete unnecessary programs.
Run "check disk" check both options and restart. Run Disk Cleanup then Disk Defragment.
4 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer's Performance
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstart...
4) Update your drivers
5) Reduce resources needed for protection:
Replace Norton with NOD32, AVG, Avast, etc.
Use the Windows Firewall (very light on resources)
6) Add more ram
7) Faster video card
8) Faster Internet service
9) Faster computer / processor
10) Format drive and reinstall everthing
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Increase space on hard drive
1) Remove programs you no longer use.
2) Run "check disk" check both options and restart. (runs a long time)
Run Disk Cleanup then Disk Defragment.
See: 4 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer's Performance
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstart...
3) Install CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Removes unneeded files, history, tracking cookies
In options.
Set to run when computer starts.
Place cookies you want to keep in save list
4) Update Java or download at http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.j...
Remove all but the latest version of java from add/remove programs. then go to Program Files\Java remove directories of older versions. (jre1.5.0_08, jre1.5.0_09, etc.)
5) start> Right click on my computer icon.> choose properties> in system properties choose restore tab.
Reduce space allocated for system restore to about 2 GB.
6) Right click on drive C icon choose properties > click on general tab > click on disk cleanup on disk cleanup "files to delete" click on compress old files (default is compress files not used for 50 days or more) . Highlight line "compress old files" button appears below "options". Options allows you to change how long a file must remain unused before being compressed.
7) On disk "C" properties page is the option box. to compress the entire disk.
8) Replace hard drive with one with larger capacity.
Delete unused files, uninstall unused programs, and run antivirus and antispyware scans. You can also try to defragment your hard drive.
your memory is being filled up, so you are low on memory... what you can do is uninstall unneeded software and and then do a virus scan. you can even buy more memory..
Ur fault just delete like crazy
You do not have too much memory in your computer. What is happening is that your operating system is using too much of what memory you have. That is because of a number of things.
You have too many processes going at one time - look at the lower right hand corner of the task bar and note the icons there [expand the list by clicking the button if you have it set for hiding those].
Your operating system is fragmented and you need to defragment by running disk defragmenter. Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. This would be the greatest single thing you can do to speed it up.
You have spyware that got installed and is using resources. So get an anti-spyware program like AdAware and run it.
You might have a virus, you might not, but it would be good to make sure that you have an anti-virus program and run it, just in case.
And then, you might be running programs without realizing it, so be sure that there are no other programs running when you want to run one - we're not talking a music player running while surfing, little stuff like that.
And do you have more than one user and do you have fast user switching enabled? If you fast user switch, the user using the operating system will have a slow go if the other user(s) accounts are left running - they should log off when another user wants to use his account.
Go to My Computer, right click C: and press format, or double click C: and press CTRL+A then the DEL key, then enter, try this in any folder you want.
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